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Child sexual assault and non-offending fathers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Sarah J. Stott
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Abstract

This article is an overview of the experiences of non-offending fathers of children who have been sexually assaulted. It looks at the relevant literature and draws on the author’s work in a rural Centre Against Sexual Assault to highlight aspects of these men’s emotional reactions following trauma to their child.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , 1998 , pp. 15 - 20
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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